Dwight of Spring

Innings Limits Will Likely Hinder Syndergaard This Year

Thirty years ago, the Mets were a losing franchise with a pitching prodigy turning heads in spring training. Thirty years later, the names have changed, but the story is the same.

But no matter how Noah Syndergaard fares against major-league hitters this spring, there's little chance the fireballer will break camp in the Mets' starting rotation like Dwight Gooden did for Davey Johnson's 1984 squad.